Death of a President (1977 film)
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Death of a President is a 1977
Polish
drama film
directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival
, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.
The film depicts the 1922 assassination of the first President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz
by artist and Endecja
sympathizer Eligiusz Niewiadomski
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1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
Polish
Cinema of Poland
The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as history of cinematography, and it has universal achievements, even though Polish movies tend to be less commercially available than movies from several other European nations....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival
28th Berlin International Film Festival
The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 22 to March 5, 1978. This was the first year the festival was held in February.-Jury:* Patricia Highsmith * Sergio Leone* Theodoros Angelopoulos* Jacques Rozier...
, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.
The film depicts the 1922 assassination of the first President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz
Gabriel Narutowicz
Gabriel Narutowicz was a Lithuanian-born professor of hydroelectric engineering at Switzerland's Zurich Polytechnic, and Poland's Minister of Public Works , Minister of Foreign Affairs , and the first president of the Second Polish Republic....
by artist and Endecja
Endecja
National Democracy was a Polish right-wing nationalist political movement active from the latter 19th century to the end of the Second Polish Republic in 1939. A founder and principal ideologue was Roman Dmowski...
sympathizer Eligiusz Niewiadomski
Eligiusz Niewiadomski
Eligiusz Niewiadomski was a Polish modernist painter and art critic who belonged to the right-wing National Democratic Party till 1904 and later continued supporting it. In 1922 he assassinated Poland's first President, Gabriel Narutowicz.-Life:Niewiadomski was born into a family of gentry descent...
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Cast
- Zdzisław MrożewskiZdzisław MrożewskiZdzisław Mrożewski was a Polish actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1932 and 1981. He starred in the 1977 film Death of a President, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.-Selected filmography:*...
- Gabriel NarutowiczGabriel NarutowiczGabriel Narutowicz was a Lithuanian-born professor of hydroelectric engineering at Switzerland's Zurich Polytechnic, and Poland's Minister of Public Works , Minister of Foreign Affairs , and the first president of the Second Polish Republic.... - Marek WalczewskiMarek WalczewskiMarek Walczewski was a Polish actor. He appeared in 55 films and television shows between 1963 and 2004.-Selected filmography:* The Story of Sin * Death of a President...
- Eligiusz NiewiadomskiEligiusz NiewiadomskiEligiusz Niewiadomski was a Polish modernist painter and art critic who belonged to the right-wing National Democratic Party till 1904 and later continued supporting it. In 1922 he assassinated Poland's first President, Gabriel Narutowicz.-Life:Niewiadomski was born into a family of gentry descent... - Henryk BistaHenryk BistaHenryk Bista was a Polish actor. He appeared in over 110 films between 1961 and 1997. He starred in the 1977 film Death of a President, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution...
- Priest Marceli Nowakowski - Czesław Byszewski - Prime Minister Julian NowakJulian NowakJulian Ignacy Nowak was a Polish microbiologist and politician who served as prime minister in 1922.Nowak studied medicine at the Jagiellonian University in 1886–1893, and was a professor there since 1899. In 1921–1922 he was a rector of the university. Being a conservative politician, he served...
- Jerzy DuszyńskiJerzy DuszyńskiJerzy Duszyński was one of the most popular actors in a post-war Poland. He starred in a number of film productions as well as theatrical plays.-Biography:...
- Józef Piłsudski - Edmund FettingEdmund FettingEdmund Fetting was a Polish movie and theatrical actor and occasional singer.Fetting was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Gold Cross of Merit ....
- General Józef Haller - Kazimierz Iwor - Herman LiebermanHerman LiebermanHerman Lieberman was a Polish lawyer and socialist politician.-Life:Lieberman was born into a Jewish family in Galicia, then part of Austro-Hungary. In 1907–14 and 1917–18, he was a member of parliament in Vienna.He was a Legionnnaire in World War I, and a leader of the Polish Socialist Party...
- Julian Jabczyński - Stefan Przezdziecki
- Zbigniew Kryński - Stanisław Thugutt
- Leszek Kubanek - Norbert BarlickiNorbert BarlickiNorbert Barlicki was a Polish publicist, lawyer and politician.Barlicki was murdered during the Second World War in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.-References:...
- Włodzimierz Saar - Stanisław Stroński
- Jerzy Sagan - Wincenty WitosWincenty WitosWincenty Witos was a prominent member of the Polish People's Party from 1895, and leader of its "Piast" faction from 1913. He was a member of parliament in the Galician Sejm from 1908–1914, and an envoy to Reichsrat in Vienna from 1911 to 1918...
- Janusz Sykutera - Stanisław Car
- Tomasz Zaliwski - Maciej RatajMaciej RatajMaciej Rataj was a Polish politician, socialist activist and writer.Born in the village of Chłopy near Lwów on 19 February 1884, he attended a gymnasium in Lwów and studied classical linguistics at the University of Lwów...
- Teodor Gendera - Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski